TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Paracas, a Luxury Collection Resort

Travel Blogs from Paracas

... speaking only spanish ('I'm sure that meant we have 20minutes to look at this and take pictures') and starting at what can only be described as a giant windsurf statue to San Martin (??!!!) our hearts sunk. But hooray we were pleasantly surprised. The landscape around Paracas, is a desert. Not at all what I expected and I think possibly my first trip to the desert. It was, of course, very hot. But while I felt I was in Star Wars (tatooine I think) and Helen was ...

... Again, given great supply of fresh seafood from the waters, we enjoyed a seafood for dinner - Crab and Arroz con Mariscos (rice with an array seafood) Our accommodation was nearby the sea and we stayed on the top floor with a airy shared balcony/bar with a lovely view of the palm trees and shipping boats Ballestas Islands: Took a 40min boat to the Ballestas Islands. There was spectacular wildlife and scenery affording us views of dolphins, penguins, sea ...

... to get used to, but did not take away from the impressiveness of such a quantity of wildlife. At one point, one of the before unmentioned nationalities decided to poke his GoPro as far out of the boat and into a sealionīs face. To our amusement, the sealion attacked it, making said nationality jump back in fright. It also allowed us to get some great close up snaps!

After the two hour roundtrip, we said goodbye to some of the group who ...

... im probably not going to go to the likes of Kenya as im not really overly fussed about the whole animal safari thing. Not expecting much i was just happy to be flying about on a boat because the sun was out. Closer we got to the island the more intense the reek of bird **** got. Hundreds and hundreds of birds were all over the island and in the air, two people on my boat even got **** on the lucky sods. Aswell as birds the island was also home to hundreds ...

... then Ica provides some excellent distractions during the day to wet your palette. Pisco and Wine tasting tours as well as outstanding ice cream (so good we had seconds). We met up with the girls for a leisurely tour around both major producers in the region and the smaller artisan producers (they normally do not grow their own grapes) and indulged in a range of different wines. The Pisco was great (especially if you have ...